Comic Conventions reported that there was a press release claiming he would attend, before later announcing that the information was untrue.

"Please let me make this clear, Steve Ditko will not be attending LSCC 2013," reads the website's update. "It has been confirmed that this is indeed a fake name released to us and has been confirmed as not coming."

Ditko has contributed to the creation of some of the most famous characters in comics, including Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, The Question, The Creeper, Hawk and Dove.

He has declined to give interviews or make public appearances since the 1960s, claiming that he offers readers his creations and not his personality.